Danios..

[misscrosson]

I have a 70gallon tank... what would be a good number of possibly zebra danios to keep together... I was thinking 5-8?

 

[tanker]

If you have just zebras you can keep about 50+.

How about 12?? with about 6-8 giant danios?? Your upper level would be in constant motion!!

 

[BcBerri]

I love my little Zebras. They are quite zippy. I would get atleast 12 in a tank that big. They will look cool. What else are you looking at putting with them. I know mine can be a bit fin nippy when overly excited. I also love the long finned variety. Still striped and zippy, just a little more girly. And for those really girly moments I even thought about the pink zebra danios. Too much for the hubby though. :

 

[misscrosson]

Well.. at the current moment I have 4 mollies (picking up 2more today I hope).. 2 platies... 4 rasboras... 2 dwarf gouramis... and a cory cat... but, I also want to get guppies, swordtails, and rainbowfish.. so...

I was thinking about only like.. 6 zebra danios

 

[phanmc]

Its all a matter of preference, but you may find that your tank looks much nicer with a few large group of a certain type of fish than alot of small groups of several species. Not only will fishes be more active in larger groups, they'll look much more impressive when viewed from afar.

 

[mooman]

Its all a matter of preference, but you may find that your tank looks much nicer with a few large group of a certain type of fish than alot of small groups of several species.

Amen!! You also might want to consider adding some cichlids. There are lots of dwarf species that go great in a community tank.

 

[misscrosson]

Alright... I bought 4 danios today.. because the lady at the petstore said I should only start with a small group.... and I bought another female mollie...

My tank still looks REALLY empty ... blah... any help with how I can make it more attractive looking.. and other fish maybe I should add would be of great help!

 

[tanker]

The fish will grow and "fill out" the tank. Get some more zebras, they do better in a bigger group. Try to get about 8-12.

 

[phanmc]

Flesh out your schooling fishes. In a 70g tank, get 10 more rasboras, 10 more danios, 5-10 more cory cats.

 

[jaylin]

The lady at the pet store should be shot. The more Danios you have, the happier the ones you have will be. In such a big tank, 6-8 danios isn't going to shift the biological load very much. So even if it's a new/newish tank ... go get some more Danios. Your other danios will thank you!

I was watching some silver tip tetra the other day at the LFS. What little characters they are. They're a schooling fish too and I think they'd look cool with some Danios.